Antislipping and cushioning device.



0. E. J EWELL.

ANTISLIPPING AND CUSHION DEVICE.

AYPLIGATION FILED JAN.28, 1908.

Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

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Al/orney UNTTED STATES PATENT @FFTQE.

CHARLES E. JEWELL, SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK.

ANTISLIPPING AND CUSHIONING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. JEwnLL, of the city of Seneca Falls, in the county of Seneca and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Antislipping and Cushioning Device, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for preventing the slipping of articles and also for cushioning them.

The object of the invention is to provide movable articles with cheap and eflicient anti-slipping and cushioning device applied to one or opposite sides, and capable of easy installation and attachment to the article.

The invention is applicable to a variety of uses, such as furniture, rulers, rolls, belts, or to any other article for which they may be suit-able.

The invention is made from tubular soft rubber stock. An opening is made in the article to be provided with the invention, of area corresponding to the area of the tubular stock to be inserted, or slightly smaller.

Various means of securing the cushion. in the article may be used, such as an adhesive, a plug, an annular ring, eyelet or the like.

An exemplification of my invention is shown in the drawing accompanying this specification, in which the figure is a cross section of a wooden ruler in which the antislipping device projects from the opposite sides.

The soft, rubber tubular stock which is shown and described is circular in crosssection, but it will be understood that the tubular stock may have various forms in cross-section other than circular and that the elastic material composing the tubular stock may be of other material than soft rubber.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 28, 1908.

Patented Oct. .31, 1911.

Serial No. 413,006.

The ruler E has an opening F made entirely through the same and the tubular cushion G is of suflicient length to project beyond the ruler on opposite sides thereof. In this instance we have shown the cushion G secured to the ruler by an eyelet or thimble H preferably made slightly larger than the interior opening in the cushion and expanded therein after insertion. The thimble or eyelet may be made longer than the Width of the ruler, the ends being bent outwardly so as to fasten the cushion more securely in the opening.

The use of soft rubber tubular stock as an anti-slipping or cushioning device to be inserted into corresponding openings made in various articles and secured therein by simple means such as adhesives, eyelets, plugs, or the like, provides a remarkably cheap and ready means for giving all kinds of movable articles eiiicient anti-slipping and cushioning properties.

I claim:

1. The combination of an article provided with an opening of uniform diameter, a tubular cushion of uniform cylindrical shape within the opening projecting on each side thereof and a tubular expander within the cushion serving to secure the cushion in position.

2. The combination of an article provided with an opening of uniform diameter, a tubular cushion of uniform cylindrical shape within the opening projecting on each side thereof and a tubular expander within the cushion extending slightly beyond the article at each side and bent outwardly and serving to retain the cushion in position.

CHARLES E. J EWELL.

WVitnesses:

THOMAS E. TUTTLE, LILLIAN A. CRUISE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

